The Long Road to Brown: 1865-1954

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• "No Hired Hessians or Negroes in the Southern Army" (20)
  • Pat Young { Brad, always good to see you here. Roughly 90% of immigrants who fought in the war served in the Union army. Glatthsar's statistical summary published... } – Jun 19, 5:38 AM
  • Brad { In addition to what has been said, I believe the reference to "Hessians" as well as "Negroes" is an implied statement or belief that the... } – Jun 19, 5:05 AM
  • Pat Young { Interestingly, when German Union troops were stationed in the South they would often seek out local Germans on the assumption that German solidarity would transcend... } – Jun 19, 2:52 AM
• Elbert Guillory Gets Right With Lincoln and the Republican Party (8)
  • Pat Young { James, many people are also unfamiliar with the real struggle within the Democratic Party to wrest control of many congressional committee chairmanships and national party... } – Jun 19, 5:20 AM
  • Pat Young { Brad, while "Liberals" began migrating in small numbers from the Republican Party as early as 1872, there was still a vibrant progressive wing of the... } – Jun 19, 5:17 AM
  • Pat Young { King's father was a devout Republican, but it would seem odd to call MLK Jr. a "Republican leader." Locally on Long Island I am an... } – Jun 19, 5:13 AM
  • James Harrigan { minor point, Kevin: there is no such thing as the "Democrat Party". The correct usage is "Democratic Party". Of course, both the Republican Party and... } – Jun 19, 4:54 AM
  • M.D. Blough { Andy-I'm assuming that MLK started out life as a Republican, if he was registered as anything (or, if he even could be registered. That was... } – Jun 19, 4:43 AM
  • Brad { The Republican Party had ceased to be a progressive party in the late 1800s, Teddy Roosevelt being a blip in their conservative creep. A major... } – Jun 19, 4:35 AM
  • Andy Hall { It's a fairly common talking point on the right to claim that that MLK was a Republican. King has faded sufficiently into the mists (and... } – Jun 19, 4:08 AM
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